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Joanna
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joanna Jóanna Joanną
English
Alternative forms
en Jo, en Joann
Etymology
From en la Joanna, from en grc-koi Ἰωάννα, from en he יוֹחָנָה Yôḥānāh God is gracious, the feminized form of he יְהוֹחָנָן Yəhōḥānān which produced en John and its many doublets.
en Ivana Jana Jane Janice Janis Jean Jeanne Jen Joan Joanne Johanna Juana Shavonne Sian Siobhan Shane Shaun Shauna Sheena.
Pronunciation
en /ˌd͡ʒoʊˈænə/ US
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Joanna.wav Southern England
en ænə 3
Proper noun
en female Latin < Hebrew.
en biblical character One of the women following Jesus.
Luke 8 1-3:
[A]nd the twelve were with him, and certain women, which had been healed of evil spirits, Mary called Magdalene, out of whom went seven devils, and Joanna wife of Chuza Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others, which ministered unto him of their substance.
en Johanna the island of Anjouan.
Derived terms
en Joan
Translations
transliterations of the given name Jane
Arabic: ar جُوَانَّا f
Aramaic:
Classical Syriac: syc ܓܘܐܢܐ Jōʾannā f
Armenian: hy Ջոաննա
Bulgarian: bg Джоа́на f
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 喬安娜 Qiáo'ānnà tall, peaceful, graceful
Galician: gl Xoana f
Greek: el Τζοάννα f
Hebrew: he ג׳ואנה f joána
Marathi: mr जोअॅना f
Russian: ru Джоа́нна f
biblical follower of Jesus
Arabic: ar يُوَنَّا f
Aramaic:
Classical Syriac: syc ܝܘܚܢ Yōḥan f
Armenian: hy Հովհաննա
Bulgarian: bg Йоа́на, bg Йоа́нна
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 約亞拿 Yāo yà ná
Czech: cs Jana
Danish: da Johanna
Dutch: nl Johanna
Estonian: et Johanna
Finnish: fi Johanna
French: fr Jeanne
Galician: gl Xoana f
German: de Johanna
Greek: el Ιωάννα f
Ancient Greek: grc Ἰωάννα f
Hebrew: he יוֹחָנָה Yochanna, he יהְוֹחָנָה Yeochanna
Hindi: hi योअन्ना f
Icelandic: is Jóhanna f
Irish: ga Ióánna f
Italian: it Giovanna
Māori: mi Hoana
Norwegian: no Johanna
Polish: pl Joanna
Portuguese: pt Joana f
Russian: ru Иоа́нна f
Sami:
Northern Sami: se Johánná
Spanish: es Juana
Swahili: sw Yoana
Swedish: sv Johanna
Amharic: am ዮሐና
Arabic: ar يُوَنَّا
Breton: br Janed
French:
Old French: fro Jehane
Georgian: ka იოანნა
Hungarian: hu Johanna
Latin: la Joanna, la Johanna
Lithuanian: lt Joana
Malayalam: ml യോഹന്നാ
Romanian: ro Ioana
Serbo-Croatian: sh Јована, sh Jovana, sh Ivana, sh Jana
Slovak: sk Jana
Tamil: ta யோவன்னா
Welsh: cy Siân
en 3-syllable words
Finnish
Etymology
From fi la Joanna, variant of fi Johanna.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
fi female
Declension
Joann a
Statistics
dvv_20250813 1786 1836 286
References
Latin
Etymology
la :lbor grc-koi:Ἰωάννα + +
Pronunciation
Joanna 1
Proper noun
Joanna<1>
la female Joanna
Declension
Joanna<1>
Norwegian Bokmål
Joanna,no:Joanna
Alternative forms
nb Johanne, nb Johanna
Pronunciation
nb /juˈanːa/
nb anːa 3
nb Jo an na
Proper noun
nb proper noun
nb female Latin < Koine Greek < Biblical Hebrew Joanna
Statistics
According to Statistics Norway, 1,012 women in Norway had nb Joanna as their sole or first given name in 2025.Table 10501: Persons, by girls' name and boys' name, Statistics Norway.
References
“Joanna” in Store norske leksikon.
Polish
pl:
Etymology
pl grc-koi he
pl :lbor la:Joanna + +
Pronunciation
LL-Q809 (pol)-Olaf-Joanna.wav;LL-Q809 (pol)-KaMan-Joanna.wav;LL-Q809 (pol)-Gower-Joanna.wav
Proper noun
f Joasia,Asia
pl countable pl female Latin < Koine Greek < Hebrew Jane,Joan,Joanna
pl uncountable Biblical character en Joanna one of the women following Jesus
Declension
Further reading
Portuguese
Proper noun
f
pt female Joana